THEATER: It would be pretty boss if The Cherry Orchard Sequel – a long-overdue follow up to Chekhov’s play about downwardly mobile Russian aristocrats – involved the titular clear-cut orchard rising from the ashes to go on a rampage against their axe-wielding oppressors. But playwright and director Nic Ularu took things in a different direction, and the result sounds just as interesting. His story picks up again 18 years after Chekhov’s play ends, and finds the liberated serfs drunkenly staggering about in the looming shadow of revolutionary oppression. The Times’s Neil Genzlinger deems it “a sparkling surprise.” – John Del Signore
MUSIC: There's a little bit too much going on tonight in the music world. First up is Brooklyn Vegan's Rock n' ROFL party at Pianos. Comedians! Bands! A complimentary Newcastle beer! Yesterday's interviewee Peasant will be opening the show and you can find more details here.
8pm // Pianos [158 Ludlow St] // $10
Way over in the Meatpacking District, Apes & Androids (pictured) will be owning the Hiro Ballroom with their over-the-top live show. Best band of the past, present and future. Enough said.
10pm // Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel [371 W 16th St] // Free with RSVP
But wait...what about Breakfast at Tiffany's? Yes, Deep Blue Something, who "hates when things are over," are apparently on the comeback road. They play Southpaw tonight; bask in the glow of one-hit-wonderness.
MOVIE: Head over to the legendary Frank's for a Movie Night Disco. First watch the 1968 classic hippie love story: I Love You Alice B. Toklas, and follow it up with a night of disco dancin' set to the tunes spun by DJ Tropical Jeremy.
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